Joseph Hirsch
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For the Socialist politician in Wisconsin, see Joseph J. Hirsch.
Joseph Hirsch (1910–1981) was an American painter, illustrator, muralist and teacher. Social commentary was the backbone of Hirsch's art, especially works depicting civic corruption and racial injustice.[1]
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Born | 25 April 1910 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | 21 September 1981 New York City, U.S. |
Known for | paintings, lithographs, posters |
Movement | Social Realism |
Children | 3, including Paul Hirsch |
Awards | Lippincott Prize, PAFA (1934) 3rd Hallgarten Prize, NAD (1934) Woolley Fellowship (1935) Pennell Purchase Prize, LOC (1942 & 1943) Guggenheim Fellowship (1942 & 1943) 2nd Carnegie Prize, CMA (1947) Fulbright Fellowship (1949 & 1950) Blair Prize, AIC (1951) 4th Prize, MMA (1951) Hassam Purchase Fund, AAAL (1955, 1961, 1962 & 1963) Altman Prize, NAD (1959, 1967 & 1978) Carnegie Prize, CMA (1968) |
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His works are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and many other museums.